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emma82 - Member

Ok, we have become shall we say a little flabby during the course of the last few weeks and I at least am going to have to get rid of the gut or people will assume a mini me is on its way much sooner than expected. That said we now need a mega health kick to make sure we are nice and healthy in order to start producing mini me's some time soon. So, I need some reasonably cheap (even cheap weddings are bloody expensive!), easy to make, healthy meal ideas. Pasta is a no no and grilled whatever and chicken/fish gets a bit boring after a while although we are quite happy with that sort of meal. I have no patience and am not a particularly good cook so simple recipes would be good.

Any ideas or websites that are worth a look/try?

Posted 8 months ago #
hooja - Member

dust anybody?.....dust.....dust anybody?...dust

Posted 8 months ago #
hooja - Member

seriously though, winter coleslaw with everything
red cabbage
carrot
celery
onion
white cabbage
raisins etc. etc.
Dill
Mint (the herbs are the most important bit, dont hold back)
mixed up with natural yoghurt
lasts 3 days or so and is highly addictive
raw tasty goodness, goes with most things or meal on its own

Posted 8 months ago #
Jamie - Member

Pasta is a no no

You could always eat smaller portions.

Posted 8 months ago #
emma82 - Member

Oh I like pasta but hubby doesn't so I can't cook it very often.

I have never made coleslaw but that sounds really nice I shall give it a go.

Posted 8 months ago #
Jamie - Member

Doesn't like pasta?!?!?!

I know it's quite soon, but I would file for divorce

Posted 8 months ago #
emma82 - Member

He's a complete knob end about some foods, he'll be half way through a meal and declare he hasn't like such and such for years. Usually news to me, perhaps it's just my cooking It's probably most likely my cooking to be fair.

Posted 8 months ago #
deadlydarcy - Member

Have you tried gram flour flatbreads. Apparently users are shedding kilos.

Posted 8 months ago #
yossarian - Member

Replace bread, pasta, rice and potatoes with lentils, quinoa and salad.

Easy peasy.

Posted 8 months ago #
deadlydarcy - Member

Shit more.

Posted 8 months ago #
emma82 - Member

Ok, diet starts Monday. I shall poop more and cut right back on carbs

Really though this thread is a fail, apart from Jamie suggesting a divorce and DD suggesting pooing more I've only had one recipe! Must try harder people. What do you diet fad loving super human fitty bikers eat?!!!!!

Posted 8 months ago #
davidtaylforth - Member

Here's an absolute cracker I discovered the other day. I didnt have much food in, just some bits and bobs, and I was starving.

1 x tin of Lentil & Bacon soup (co cop preferably)
1 x chicken breast
6 x smallish mushrooms

Put chicken breast on a cooking tray, season with as much pepper/salt/worcester sauce/chilli powder as you want. Stick it in the oven and cook.

Slice mushrooms and boil for 10 mins, then sling in with the chicken.

Heat soup in pan, add as much flavouring as you like (I add curry powder)

Remove chicken and mushrooms from oven, cut up into manageable pieces, sling in with the soup and eat. Not particularly healthy, but I enjoyed it.

Posted 8 months ago #
bighendo - Member

i would have sliced the chicken and mushrooms
place in soup and simmer until cooked
......eat from pan

Posted 8 months ago #
konadad - Member

Jason vale juice diet. 7lb in 7 days. no stinky poo .

Posted 8 months ago #
Jamie - Member

Really though this thread is a fail, apart from Jamie suggesting a divorce and DD suggesting pooing more I've only had one recipe! Must try harder people. What do you diet fad loving super human fitty bikers eat?!!!!!

Some people are never happy.

Posted 8 months ago #
yossarian - Member

Firstly I'd say that if you want to lose weight I'd avoid spending hours in the kitchen cooking. Temptation is a terrible thing.

Make up a massive bowl of salad leaves, a massive bowl of lentils & bacon, a massive bowl of red & white quinoa and then just rush into the kitchen, grill/poach a chicken breast, whisk up a dressing and you're done.

Posted 8 months ago #
petergriffin - Member

Google "Slow carb Diet" "iDave diet PDF" or "Four Hour Body"

Should find some stuff there, not specific recipies as such, but info on eating to reduce body fat.

Posted 8 months ago #
_tom_ - Member

I tried "diets" in the past and it didn't work as you get sick of not being able to eat what you want. What worked for me is daily exercise (you're on a bike forum so shouldn't be a problem!) and just cutting down portions massively. Oh and not eating takeaway, crisps etc apart from an occasional treat, which doesn't actually turn out to be much of a treat since you realise it's not actually that nice. Slow process though, lost about 50kg over 3 years

Posted 8 months ago #
emma82 - Member

but I need to lose 10lbs by the end of the month or I wont fit into my winter clothes

I know I know, eat sensibly and exercise which is what I intend to do, I just wanted some easy recipes because although I know what is good to eat, I don't ever really know how to make the foods particularly interesting. I'm also lazy and don't really like cooking so I quite like yossarians idea. Batch up for the week then I wont be tempted to pick while having to cook every night.

Posted 8 months ago #
petergriffin - Member

Did yo find anything on Google ?

Posted 8 months ago #
emma82 - Member

just been mooching now and found a few but I've also just had a curry so the thought of thinking about food is making me feel sick. This sounds nice:

[/url]Quinoa salad

Posted 8 months ago #
don simon - Member

Quinoa is ace.
Where can I get it from in the UK? I haven't seen it yet.

Posted 8 months ago #
TooTall - Member

Where can I get it from in the UK? I haven't seen it yet.

Shops. Food shops in particular. They seem to have it.

Better supermarkets and health food places.

Posted 8 months ago #
don simon - Member

Shops. Food shops in particular. They seem to have it.

That actually has the potential of being slightly amusing, but not much. Any of these shops in particular because I haven't seen it, mind you I haven't really been looking as I'm too knackered after trying to scourse the supermarkets for beans and lentils. I mean, 1.5m of shelf space in Sainsbury or Asda, I'm used to f*****g aisles full of the stuff not 1.5 poxy metres.

Posted 8 months ago #
Blurboy - Member

Quinoa is brill - as a celiac i can't eat pasta, bread - wheat based stuff generally so I eat a lot of this. You can get it flaked to use as a porridge or thickening for soups etc. ALso comes in a more common 'rice' type format - cook and use as rice. Good luck

Posted 8 months ago #
1freezingpenguin - Member

Have you tried gram flour flatbreads

I tried them and they were horrible, ended up in the bin.

Posted 8 months ago #
emsz - Member

no bread, rice, potatoes, pasta, no alcohol,

lots of salad

Have fun!!

Posted 8 months ago #
warton - Member

grilled whatever and chicken/fish gets a bit boring after a while

You're not doing it right!

Posted 8 months ago #
deadlydarcy - Member

Beanz.

Posted 8 months ago #
Jamie - Member

but I need to lose 10lbs by the end of the month or I wont fit into my winter clothes

Winter clothes? Isn't winter the time to get porky?

Posted 8 months ago #
nickname - Member

+1 fourhourbody/idave style diets work well with little or no exercise.

I've managed to get into the 13 stone range for the first time in about 10 years, without really trying hard at all.

scrambled egg/hardboiled eggs with chorizo/bacon and spinach
chilli-con carne + vedge + lentils
chicken wrapped in bacon + vedge
mackerel + green beans or salad
chicken salads + mixed beans
nuts
water
grapefruit juice

I do still have fruit/sugar, but avoid white carbs and snacking on bad stuff.

Posted 8 months ago #
TooTall - Member

mind you I haven't really been looking as I'm too knackered after trying to scourse the supermarkets for beans and lentils

I bet you complain because Halfords don't stock Chris King don't you?

Posted 8 months ago #
don simon - Member

I bet you complain because Halfords don't stock Chris King don't you?

Not really no, because I know where to source CK from. Quinoa, on the other hand, I don't, hence the question. But thanks for your time and help.

Posted 8 months ago #
TooTall - Member

If you shop in Asdas, don't expect to find niche products.

I'd suggest the Bristol Sweet Mart in Easton or Scoopaway on Gloucester Road as dead cert shops that sell it - but that probably means nowt to you. Oh - the Quarry Shop in Machynlleth sells it too.

I have no idea what your local indie health food or food shops are called. Holland and Barratt sell it as well if you can step away from the supermarkets.

Posted 8 months ago #
don simon - Member

I asked a simple question that required a simple answer, for example, you can find it in Tesco or Sainsbury, but no, you have to be a smartarse, don't you?

Posted 8 months ago #